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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ASAMUEL B. STEWART, OF CENTRE TOWNSHIP, INDIANA COUNTY, PA.

COMBINED COLLAR AND HAMES FOR HORSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,076, dated June 30, 1863.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL B. STEWART, of Centre Township, in the county of Indiana and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Collars and Haines, ot' which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which make part of this speciiication, and in which- Figure l represents a view in elevation of my improved combined collar and hames, as seen from the front; Fig. .2, a similar View of the same, as seen from the rear 5 and Fig. 3, a Vertical longitudinal section through the lower portion of the same.

The improvements claimed under this patent consist, first, in combining the collar and haines, as hereinafter described, so that they may form but one piece, instead of being separate, as heretofore secondly, in combining` a tenon on one haine with a mortise and detent on the other, to fasten the two sides ot' the collar and haines together.

In the accompanying drawings the casing A ofthe collar is shown as fastened directly to the haines B, which may be of any suita ble material and suitably stuied. A tenon, O, is formed on the lower end of one of the llames, and a ferrule, D, forming a mortise, secured upon the other. A strap, d, secured upon one of the haines, passes over a staple, c, on the other, and is secured by a hook, c', in order to lock the lower ends of the collar and haines together. The traces may be attached to tug-hooks F upon the haines. A strap, G, connects the upper portion ot' the hames together. The leather is shown in the drawings as tacked to the harness but it might be made to overlap them completely and be sewed upon them.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination ot' the collar A and haines B, substantially as described, so that they shall form but one piece, as set forth.

2. The combination of the tenou C, i'errule D, strap d, staple c, and hook c, as described, for the purpose of uniting the two sides ofthe collar, as set forth.

'In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

S. B. STEWART.

Witnesses Jos. SNOWDEN BELL, EDM. F. BROWN. 

